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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Week-end Toll of the Road. Seven Killed And Over 100 Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 June 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Road and rail accidents claimed seven lives at the week-end in three States, and over 100 were injured. Three people were killed in car and lorry collisions with…

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Verdict of Accidental Death

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 June 1947 · page 3

The deputy coroner for Maitland (Mr. E. C. Scarlett) concluded the inquest to-day into the death of Robert Carney [?]ll, a poultry…

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Injured By Hit-Run Motorist

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 June 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Mrs. Eleanor Horder, 61, of Kogarah, was seriously injured by a hit-run motorist in President…

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Man Drowned

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 3

KEMPSEY: While the steamer Arakoon was unloading at Kempsey Wharf, Tommy. Byrnes, a Kempsey plumber’s labourer, fell…

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Injured In Fall, From Horse

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 3

SINGLETON, Wednesday. Mr. Chas. Wilson, of Greenlands, fell from his horse on the Bridgman Road on Monday night and…

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Injured in Fall

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 June 1947 · page 4

May Sharpe 63, of Wollombiroad, Farley, was taken to Maitland land Hospital last night after fall. She received an injury to…

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Mysterious Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 5

The second mysterious accident, recalling the destruction of a small church early this year, has occurred near Mount Gambler. Recently a woman…

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Accident Fund for Bushmen’s Carnivals

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1947 · page 4

At the annual general meeting of the Northern New South Wales Bushmen’s Carnival Association, held in West Maitland, Mr. J. K…

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Two Injured in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY: C. Geminas, 10, of Doncaster avenue, Kensington, suffered g fractured skuil and was admitted to Katoomba…

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Head Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 2

Bernie Foley, 38, of Fry-street, West Maitland, suffered an Injury to the top of his head, and suffered shock when he was struck by a…

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Four Drowned In Car Smash

Maitland Mercury · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Monday. — Four Maoris were drowned when a motor car in which they were travelling fell over a bridge at…

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Was It Really an Accident? "Don't Do That!"

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 June 1947 · page 2

"Don't do that!" is an expression we begin to dislike in childhood. In some cases, the objection grows with the years, and some adults behave…

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Fatal Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 June 1947 · page 2

When a motor car overturned at Gresford, W. Richardson, Jnr., was fatally injured and M. Landers escaped injury. Deceased was a son of Mrs…

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Accident Fund for Bushmen's Carnivals

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1947 · page 4

At the annual general meeting of the Northern New South Wales Bushmen's Carnival Association, held in West Maitland last week…

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Singleton Motor Cyclists Injured in Collision

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 2

Edward Chapman, aged 20, of Kelso Street, South Singleton, suffered a lacerated forehead and scalp, concussion and shock when the…

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Injured In Fall From Ship

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 June 1947 · page 5

NEWCASTLE Thursday— Albert Young 46 of Extelle street Maryville a [?] and docker employed at the Floating Dock received…

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Three Cars in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 5

Three cars were involved in an accident in High-street, opposite the Volunteer Hotel shortly after 2 o’clock this afternoon, causing…

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Aberdeen News Fatal Accident at Aberdeen Schoolboy Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 6

On Friday last a schoolboy, Stanleey Ralph, (10), son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph, of Aberdeen, was fatally injured, when on his way home from…

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Accident Fund for Bushmen's Carnivals

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 4

At the annual general meeting of the Northern New South Wales Bushmen's Carnival Association, held in West Maitland, Mr. J. K. Mackay, of…

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Was It Really an Accident? "Don't Do That!"

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 6

"Don't do that!" is an expression we begin to dislike in childhood. In some cases, the objection grows with the years, and…

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